I have grown this flower in my garden for several years and have noticed the color pattern seems to change over the season producing larger white spots in the heat of the summer.
In mid-May of 2023 I went to a conventional greenhouse and bought most of my annual flowers. One plant I bought was this cultivar of petunia that was already of good size so that it immediately filled my pot for it. This selection that has small but many flowers, similar to the old Multiflora Petunias, does not need deadheading, as do those types of petunias with large, but fewer flowers, as the Grandifloras. It has a Proven Winners tag and pot.
While this is a very beautiful petunia that wasn't difficult to grow, it isn't an accurate variety. Some blooms will be single and non-ruffled while others will be ruffled but not double. I have yet to see any blossoms resembling the Baker Creek photos. However, it is still a lovely bi-colored selection if you're a petunia fan.
This plant is vigorous to the point of being weedy. It will smother other plants in a mixed container. The germination rate for me was very impressive at 100%. It is quite cold tolerant, having survived a week so far of sustained night temperatures in the mid twenties. I also grew the yellow version of this series, and can report that it did not perform nearly as well. It does seem to be as cold tolerant, but the germination rate was extremely poor. The plants stayed much smaller as well.
Headliner Crystal sky is an extremely good grower. Wonderful plant habits and constantly in bloom. She doesn't make seed so you don't have to deadhead her for her to continue blooming. I have mine hanging on our back patio in a Northern position. Petunias are full sun plants yet she continues blooming her head off even in my shaded area. She only gets Morning Sun.
She trails out of a hanging container so gracefully. A very elegant looking plant. (See my photo)
I want this one for my hanging containers every year.
I purchased a Potunia Blueberry Muffin petunia plant and replanted it in a hanging basket. The cream and light purple blooms were gorgeous for the first six weeks. The plant is still healthy, lots of blossoms, but for some reason, all the purple is gone! The blossoms are all cream colored. Anyone have any idea what would make that happen? It gets full sun about six hours in the heat of the day, then it is in the shade from about 4:00 pm on. It is watered everyday.
I believe that I used the Madness Series of Petunias way back in the later 1970's. I think it is a wonderful selection of Floribunda style Petunias that keep a good dense habit and good sized flowers, and make good bedding plants or are good in pots. The old Grandiflora Petunias that were so popular in the 1950's into the 1970's had the largest flowers, but would get straggly after awhile, and were best for hanging pots and not as bedding annuals.
Multiflora Spreading/Trailing Petunia (Petunia Supertunia® Vista Bubblegum) Is AMAZING! I have seven interspersed among the numerous other plants in my sunny hillside garden. Each Bubblegum plant has been blooming non-stop for two and a half months (mid-May through late July) and has formed a large, floriferous mound (36" x 48" or larger). According to a knowledgeable Amish greenhouse owner near my home, Bubblegum is the most floriferous of the Supertunias—in a class by itself. My experience with Bubblegum confirms that description. For color and impact, it is stunning.
I was visiting a small garden center that I go to every spring, when this plant stopped me in my tracks. Photos don't do it justice, it's truly beautiful, and actually seems to sparkle! I couldn't take my eyes off of it, and between the time I chose it and the time I paid and left, five different people asked me about it. (Unfortunately, it was the only one there.)
The flowers on this petunia don't open quite as wide as petunia blooms generally do. They also seem to be a bit more sticky than most, and tend to capture bugs and bits of dirt on their surface. But the color is so unusual that I love them anyway!
Beautiful flowers, yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with deep brown stripes. The scent (of mine, at least) isn't as strong or sweet as the Wave series, but still a wonderful petunia scent.
I planted a small pot of Petunia exserta in 2014 into a 20-inch container on our sunny patio, together with Salvia 'Elk Hot Tamale' growing in it. First time growing these two beauties. In 2015, I didn't disturb the soil in that container, and to my pleasant surprise, I not only had salvia Elk Hot Tamale blooming, but petunia exserta also! I'm hoping they both survive our winter and bloom for 2016 and I'm not going to disturb the soil other than gently pulling any weeds. Beautiful and bright flowers on both plants.
This actually has more of a deep purple color. Most petunias melt when summer arrives here, but this one survived in dappled shade. I started it from seed in late spring and had my first bloom a few days ago. The bloom actually has a light fragrance that's especially noticeable late afternoon and evening.
A cute little petunia with lemony-centered white blooms--the first yellow petunia I'd ever seen. It wasn't as vigorous as I'd hoped. After winter sowing pelleted seeds, I found that it reached its peak bloom in August. But since our spring was so long and mild last year, most things were late. It spread about 8 inches on one side of the basket it was in with portulacas.
Purple Wave Classic is a fabulous petunia! Introduced in 1995, it lives up to its name. Extremely popular and sought after every year. Widely offered at local garden centers, big box stores, and mail order companies. It is gorgeous, with a desirable shade of purple that works well with flowers of other colors. Fantastic container plant. Can be grown in hanging baskets or trained on a trellis. Only one is needed to fill out a container. Easy to grow everywhere and constantly in bloom. Cut it back if it gets too long. Self deadheading.
1995 AAS Flower Award Winner. Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner.
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